2. As the action heats up, some of the characters in The Crucible stay the same, but a few of them change. Write a detailed character study on one of the play’s dynamic characters who undergoes some sort of change from the beginning of the play to the end.

In The Crucible, Mary Warren is a very well known character in the book. She starts off as a follower of Abigail. She is told by Abigail to lie and accuse innocent people of witchcraft. She knows it is wrong but she still does it any ways because Abigail has threatened her. She is scared of Abigail and feels intimidated by her. She does not want to get on Abigail's bad side, no one does. Mary tries to please Abigail as much as possible. She lies in court that Sarah Good, mumbled words under her breathe and she got sick that day because of her. Because of her assumption, Sarah Good was sent to jail for being a witch and confessing it. She knows that she has done wrong and she knows that even though she does confess they other girls will go against her. John helped encourage Mary to tell the truth in the court. She was nervous about confessing because Abigail was going to be there. When she admitted that she had lied about the accusations, the court did not believe her. They thought something conjured her to make these lies. After the court pressuring her to tell the truth and asking her why she made these lies, Abigail and the other girls came into the court room. When she sees Abigail she gets scared and starts to second guess what her decision was. She then continues telling the truth, but Abigail and the other girls tell the court that she is lying. They then start to act as if Mary is a witch or is possessed by the devil. They scream of nonsense such as Mary is a bird, on the ceiling. They then act as if Mary is possessing them and they repeat every word Mary says. Mary starts to get scared and she then realizes that she does not want to be on the opposite team as Abigail is. She then turns her back on the truth and John Proctor. She then tells the court that John conjured her to tell these lies. Mary also apologizes to Abigail and tells everyone she is with the Lord now. But really if she was, she would have told the truth not matter what circumstances took place. In this novel, Mary Warren in a coward and has weak faith in the Lord. She could have been the one who saved many innocent people from being accused but she was to scared of one person to do this. She changed throughout the story by being a follower, to being wise and doing what is right, to a coward.